(aviation) The injection of extra fuel into a jet engine downstream of the turbines in order to achieve extra thrust.
agammaglobulinemia
agammaglobulinemia
noun
(medicine) A condition in which gammaglobulins such as immunoglobulins are absent from the blood, or present only in low concentrations
agammaglobulinemic
agammaglobulinemic
adj
Relating to or exhibiting agammaglobulinemia.
noun
An individual with agammaglobulinemia.
agglutinable
agglutinable
adj
Able to be agglutinated; that readily undergoes agglutination
agribusiness
agribusiness
noun
(countable) A business or group of businesses engaged in agriculture, particularly if using modern farming techniques in the process.
(uncountable) Business (especially big business) connected to agriculture, either owning or operating large-scale farms, or catering to those who do.
agribusinesses
agribusinesses
noun
plural of agribusiness
albategnius
albuginaceae
albuginea
albuginea
noun
(anatomy) A layer of white, fibrous tissue.
albugineous
albugineous
adj
Of the nature of, or resembling, the white of the eye, or of an egg; albuminous; applied to textures, bodily fluids, etc., which are perfectly white.
albugines
albumenising
albumenising
verb
present participle of albumenise
albumenizing
albumenizing
verb
present participle of albumenize
albuminogenous
albuminogenous
adj
Forming albumen.
altenburg
ambagiousness
ambagiousness
noun
The state or quality of being ambagious.
ambigenous
ambigenous
adj
(botany) Partaking of two natures, as the perianth of some endogenous plants, where the outer surface is calycine and the inner petaloid.
ambiguousness
ambiguousness
noun
The state or quality of being ambiguous; ambiguity
antibourgeois
antibourgeois
adj
(sociology) Opposed to the bourgeoisie.
antiburgher
antiburgher
noun
(historical, Scotland) A member of a faction of the Scottish Presbyterian Church that refused to take the burgess oath in 1747; since reunited.
anzengruber
aschaffenburg
attenborough
attenborough
Proper noun
A village in Broxtowe borough, Nottinghamshire, England.
aubergine
aubergine
noun
(Britain) An Asian plant, Solanum melongena, cultivated for its edible purple, green, or white ovoid fruit; eggplant.
(Britain) The fruit of this plant, eaten as a vegetable.
(color) A dark purple colour; eggplant.
augmentable
augmentable
adj
Capable of being augmented or increased.
Capable of increasing.
aurangzeb
aurungzeb
babungera
bacillogenous
backgrounded
backgrounded
adj
(computing) (of a task) Made non-interactive
Moved to the background
verb
simple past tense and past participle of background
backgrounder
backgrounder
noun
(chiefly US) A briefing or document typically provided prior to a meeting or other event that gives basic details on subjects that are likely to be mentioned.
A cattle farmer or rancher who runs a backgrounding operation.
A person employed to draw backgrounds for a comic or cartoon.
bacterioagglutinin
bacterioagglutinin
noun
(medicine) An antibody which causes agglutination of bacteria.
(archaic, medicine) Of bacterial origin or causation.
baigneuse
baigneuses
bainbrudge
banebrudge
bangiaceous
bangweulu
banqueteering
banqueteering
noun
The act of participating in banquets, particularly as a frequent activity (also used attributively).
verb
present participle of banqueteer
banqueting
banqueting
noun
The act of holding or participating in a banquet.
verb
present participle of banquet
banquetings
banquetings
noun
plural of banqueting
bansalague
bansalague
noun
(Philippines) The wood of the tree Mimusops elengi.
barbecueing
barbecuing
barbecuing
verb
present participle of barbecue
barbequing
barbequing
verb
present participle of barbeque
baserunning
baserunning
noun
(baseball) The act of running bases, or a player's skill in doing so
baserunnings
basigenous
battenburg
battleground
battleground
noun
(US politics) Ellipsis of battleground state.
(figurative) Any place or situation of dispute or contention
(figurative) Any subject of dispute or contention.
A location where a battle may be fought, or has been fought.
battlegrounds
battlegrounds
noun
plural of battleground
beardtongue
beardtongue
noun
A flowering plant in the genus Penstemon with a prominent, often hairy, staminode.
beardtongues
beardtongues
noun
plural of beardtongue
beartongue
beauing
beautifying
beautifying
adj
That beautifies; tending to make beautiful.
noun
The action of the verb to beautify.
verb
present participle of beautify
bebung
bebung
noun
(music) A tremolo effect, such as that produced on the piano by vibratory repetition of a note with sustained use of the pedal.
beccabunga
beclouding
beclouding
noun
The process of becoming clouded or obscured.
verb
present participle of becloud
becrusting
becudgeling
becudgeling
verb
present participle of becudgel
becudgelling
becursing
becursing
verb
present participle of becurse
bedaubing
bedaubing
verb
present participle of bedaub
bedrugging
bedrugging
verb
present participle of bedrug
bedumbing
bedumbing
verb
present participle of bedumb
beduncing
beduncing
verb
present participle of bedunce
bedung
bedung
verb
(transitive) To cover with dung or manure.
(transitive, sometimes figuratively) To bedaub or defile.
beeftongue
befouling
befouling
verb
present participle of befoul
befuddling
befuddling
verb
present participle of befuddle
beglamouring
beglamouring
verb
present participle of beglamour
begoniaceous
begoniaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the Begoniaceae.
begrudging
begrudging
adj
grudgeful, envious
reluctant
verb
present participle of begrudge
begrudgingly
begrudgingly
adv
In a begrudging manner; in a manner that is envious or reluctant.
begruntle
begruntle
verb
(transitive) To make or render uneasy; disconcert.
begrutten
begrutten
adj
(dialectal, Scotland) Showing the effects of much weeping; marred or swollen in the face through continued weeping.
beguilement
beguilement
noun
The action or process of beguiling; the characteristic of being beguiling.
beguilements
beguilements
noun
plural of beguilement
beguiling
beguiling
adj
That beguiles or beguile.
noun
A beguilement.
verb
present participle of beguile
beguilingly
beguilingly
adv
In a beguiling manner
beguilingness
beguilingness
noun
Quality of being beguiling.
beguin
beguine
beguine
noun
A ballroom dance, similar to a slow rumba, originally from French West Indies and popularized abroad largely through the song "Begin the Beguine"; the music for the dance.
beguines
beguines
noun
plural of beguine
begulfing
begumming
begumming
verb
present participle of begum
begun
begun
verb
(obsolete or nonstandard) simple past tense of begin
past participle of begin
begunk
begunk
noun
(dialectal, chiefly Scotland) An illusion; trick; cheat.
verb
(transitive, dialectal, chiefly Scotland) To befool; deceive; balk; jilt.
behung
behung
adj
Draped; ornamented with something hanging.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of behang
bejumbling
bejumbling
verb
present participle of bejumble
belabouring
belabouring
verb
present participle of belabour
belauding
belauding
verb
present participle of belaud
beleaguering
beleaguering
verb
present participle of beleaguer
beleaguerment
beleaguerment
noun
The fact or state of beleaguering; a state of blockade or siege.
beliquoring
belitung
belowground
belowground
adj
beneath the surface of the ground; underground
bemuddling
bemuddling
verb
present participle of bemuddle
bemurmuring
bemusing
bemusing
verb
present participle of bemuse
bemuzzling
benguela
benumbing
benumbing
verb
present participle of benumb
benumbingly
benumbingly
adv
in a benumbing manner
benzophloroglucinol
bequeathing
bequeathing
verb
present participle of bequeath
berglund
bergschrund
bergschrund
noun
Alternative form of bergshrund
berlinguer
bescouring
beshouting
beshouting
verb
present participle of beshout
beshrouding
beshrouding
verb
present participle of beshroud
besmudging
besmudging
verb
present participle of besmudge
besmutting
besmutting
verb
present participle of besmut
bespousing
bespousing
verb
present participle of bespouse
bestudding
bestudding
verb
present participle of bestud
bethumping
bethumping
verb
present participle of bethump
betongue
betongue
verb
(transitive) To assail with the tongue; flout; rally.
biangulate
biangulate
adj
Synonym of biangular
verb
To establish the two-dimensional position of a point by measuring the position of an intermediate point relative to a fixed point
biangulated
biangulated
adj
Alternative form of biangulate
biconjugate
biconjugate
adj
(botany) paired twice
(mathematics) conjugate in two ways
bigeminum
bignoniaceous
bignoniaceous
adj
(botany) Of or relating to the flowering plant family Bignoniaceae.
biguanide
biguanide
noun
(organic chemistry) The compound imidodicarbonimidic diamide derived from guanidine
Any of a class of antihyperglycemic and antimalarial drugs based upon this compound.
biltongue
biltongue
noun
Archaic form of biltong.
binnogue
biogenous
biogenous
adj
biogenic; produced by living things
birectangular
birectangular
adj
Containing two right angles.
bismutoplagionite
bistournage
blacktongue
bladensburg
blawenburg
bleachground
blennogenous
blennogenous
adj
Generating mucus.
blockaderunning
bloodguiltiness
bloodguiltiness
noun
Guilt of having shed blood or killed someone.
blubbering
blubbering
noun
noisy sobbing
verb
present participle of blubber
blubberingly
blubberingly
adv
With blubbering sounds; with broken or noisy sobs.
bludgeon
bludgeon
noun
A short, heavy club, often of wood, which is thicker or loaded at one end.
verb
(transitive) To coerce someone, as if with a bludgeon.
(transitive) To strike or hit with something hard, usually on the head; to club.
bludgeoned
bludgeoned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bludgeon
bludgeoneer
bludgeoner
bludgeoner
noun
One who bludgeons.
bludgeoning
bludgeoning
noun
An assault with a club or similar weapon.
verb
present participle of bludgeon
bludgeons
bludgeons
noun
plural of bludgeon
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bludgeon
bluegown
bluegown
Noun
One of a class of paupers or pensioners, or licensed beggars, in Scotland, who received certain alms every year on the king's birthday, including a blue gown.
blueing
blueing
noun
An indigo material used as a laundry aid to counteract yellowing
blueings
blueings
noun
plural of blueing
blueprinting
blueprinting
verb
present participle of blueprint
bluestocking
bluestocking
noun
(historical) A member of an 18th-century Blue Stockings Society.
(historical) The English parliament of 1653, more commonly called the Barebones Parliament
(usually derogatory) A scholarly, literary, or cultured woman.
bluestockingish
bluestockingish
adj
Like a bluestocking, or scholarly woman.
bluestockingism
bluestockingism
noun
(colloquial) The character or manner of a bluestocking; female pedantry.